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Red Bull Flugtag will take place in Dún Laoghaire Harbour on Sunday 20th May. This free family event will start at 12.00pm and run until approximately 4.30pm.

Where is the best place to watch Red Bull Flugtag?

All of the crafts will be launched from Carlisle Pier and the best spot to watch the show will be from the East Pier in Dún Laoghaire.

To ensure best viewing for all, a number of large TV screens will be positioned throughout the event area.

How do I get to the East Pier?

There will be signage throughout Dún Laoghaire, directing you to the viewing area.

From Dún Laoghaire DART Station, walk along Queen’s Road towards the East Pier.

From Dún Laoghaire town centre, you need to walk down Marine Road and turn onto Queen’s Road towards the East Pier.

Is there a viewing area for persons with disability?

Yes, it will be located on Carlisle Pier. Entrance to the area is beside the Royal St. George Yacht club. Carlisle Pier is the pier that will have the Red Bull Flugtag ramp positioned on.

Parking for persons with disabilities is located to the side of the Royal St George Yacht Club (next to the ferry terminal building). Space is limited and will be on a first come first serve basis. When the parking has reached capacity, the area will be used as a drop off only.

Vehicular Traffic

Temporary signage will be placed by the road to advise motorists of impending diversions.

Road Closures

A Road Closure Order will be in place on the following roads between 11.30am and 5.30pm on Sunday, 20th May:

Queens Road will be closed between the junctions of Marine Road and Park Road. However, access will be allowed into the DLR Lexicon Library car park and Park Rite Pavilion car park.

Harbour Road, in the area between the Roundabout at the Harbour Plaza and the East Pier, will be closed to vehicular access.

Westbound traffic on Newtownsmith will be directed to travel up Marine Terrace and Mellifont Avenue, in the direction of George’s Street.

Park Road will be closed to vehicular access.

Public Transport

Red Bull and An Garda Síochána wish to encourage patrons to use public transport to access the event. This will be the easiest and quickest way to travel to and from Red Bull Flugtag. The event location is easily accessible for DART and Dublin Bus services.

Travel time on the DART from city centre stations (Connolly/Tara Street/Pearse Street) is approximately 20-25 minutes

Parking

No parking will be permitted on Queen’s Road and on Harbour Road, between Harbour Plaza roundabout and East Pier. In the interest of safety, unauthorised vehicles parked in these areas will be removed. Elsewhere in Dún Laoghaire, normal parking availability and restrictions apply. Car parking facilities will be available at:

Not much! You can get food and drink at local restaurants, cafes and shops, but spectators are welcome to bring their own picnic lunch.
We recommend bringing sun protection and suitable clothing for all weather… it is Ireland after all!

WHAT SHOULD I NOT BRING?

Please, for the safety of the event, do not bring alcohol, glass containers, pets, and hover/skate/long-boards.
Please remember the enjoyment of the other spectators. No tents, shade structures, beach umbrellas; so essentially no reserving of unattended areas or anything that would obstruct other people’s view. Just be sound!
Also, please remember the environment! No plastic sheeting/tarp on grass and no barbeques or sparklers. And finally please use the bins provided, or even better take it home to recycle!

WHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER?

If it rains, the event will go on! But if there is extreme weather, check the website for further details.

Dún Laoghaire

You will find lots of information on shopping, eating, parking, etc. in Dún Laoghaire here.

It is with great regret and sadness that we wish to inform our attendees that despite our best efforts to grow The Ball and deliver a unique Student Only Festival on a bigger and better scale than last year, we have unfortunately made the hard decision not to proceed with this year’s event.

We set out to deliver the best possible end of year experience for the students of Ireland, with top global talent and at an affordable price. Unfortunately, as an independent promoter in a competitive market, we were unable to secure our complete line-up. While there has been great feedback from students and our partner SUs over the last number of months, this has unfortunately not been reflected in ticket sales and ultimately this has resulted in us being unable to proceed with The Ball as planned for Friday 27th April 2018 in Dun Laoghaire.

For those who have already purchased their tickets, we would like to thank you for supporting us from the get-go and we are saddened that on this occasion we could not follow through in giving you the experience that we had hoped. We will be issuing refunds to all ticket purchasers from Thursday 19th April.

Tickets purchased online will be refunded directly via Eventbrite and you will receive an email notification once it has been issued.

For those who purchased tickets via their SU in DIT or UCD, please look out for details of arrangements for on-campus points of refund from your respective SU, which will be available from Thursday 19th April.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who bought tickets, our partner Student Unions, all of the Artists, Sponsors, Dun Laoghaire Harbour Co. and everyone else who has supported The Ball.

We are currently reviewing our options regarding The Ball Festival 2019, aiming to deliver a festival for students that builds on the quality and experience as seen last year. In the meantime we would like to thank you for your patience and should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us via Facebook chat or hello@theball.ie

Together, you must construct a flying contraption in an attempt to defy gravity. But we’ve had enough of those boring/functioning ones in the sky, we are looking for a plane with pizzazz (even if it comes with a splash!)

Once you have your crew all you need to do is play a fun game (to get you warmed up) and then fill out your contact details. We will then send you a full application pack to get things off to a flying start!